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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 79
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The heathen destroy Jerusalem and defile the temple—Israel pleads for forgiveness and deliverance.
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<center><span class='small'>A PSALM OF ASAPH.</span></center>
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<span class='smallcaps'>O God</span>, the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/79/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 5: 2.">heathen</a> are come into thine inheritance; thy holy <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/79/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 10.">temple</a> have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/79/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 25: 9.">heaps</a>.
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The dead bodies of thy servants have they given <i>to be</i> meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
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Their blood have they <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/79/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 1: 4 (4, 18); D&C 45: 19 (16-21).">shed</a> like water round about Jerusalem; and <i>there</i> <i>was</i> none to <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/79/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 14: 16.">bury</a> <i>them.</i>
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We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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How long, <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?  wilt thou be <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/79/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 25: 17 (15-18).">angry</a> for ever?  shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
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Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
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For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
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O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/79/8a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB come to us.">prevent</a> us: for we are brought very low.
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Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
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Wherefore should the heathen say, Where <i>is</i> their God?  let him be known among the heathen in our sight <i>by</i> the revenging of the blood of thy servants <i>which is</i> shed.
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
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And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
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So we thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/79/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 64: 9.">people</a> and <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/79/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 5: 41 (38-42).">sheep</a> of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
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